Inside Photoshop

Place your guides with precision (CS5/CS6/CC/CC 2014)

by Amy Courtright

The whole purpose of using guides is to make your graphics line up perfectly. So, the next time you need a guide, don’t just eyeball it-have Photoshop place it exactly where it needs to be. To do so, choose View > New Guide. In the resulting New Guide dialog box, select the appropriate Orientation and type a numeric value in the Position text box. Then, click OK